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by micheljansen 2615 days ago
A while ago, I had a migraine with stroke-like symptoms in the other direction: I could form thoughts in my head, but could only get a garbled mess out of my mouth. As a knowledge worker whose most important asset is his brain, this was one of the most terrifying experiences in my life.
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Mirioron 2615 days ago
I've (probably) had a ministroke (TIA). What surprised me is that typing was affected in the same way for me. In my mind I made a coherent sentence with words, but when I read back what I wrote, I understood that it was a garbled mess. I tried again, failed, and became frustrated.

The crazy part to me was that I realized something was wrong, but it never occurred to me to ask for help. I tried to stubbornly keep working. I was trying to set up IIS at the time. I knew what I was roughly doing, but I kept forgetting what I was specifically doing. Reading those chat logs reminds me that even my own brain can fail me.

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bovermyer 2615 days ago
Relevant: https://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_strok...
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micheljansen 2615 days ago
You should really get that checked out if you haven’t already. A TIA can be a precursor to a full on stroke or otherwise have lasting consequences. An MRI can confirm all is good in your brain.
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Mirioron 2614 days ago
That was years ago and I haven't had health insurance in a long time now. Nothing has happened, so far though. Funnily enough, life did actually go downhill after that. I never thought that it was related, but in the half a year to a year that followed it, I dropped out of school and left work. I haven't really been able to put the pieces together since. It's as though I have no motivation to do anything long term. I kind of doubt it's related though. One day I'll get it check out though.
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jnty 2615 days ago
It sounds terrifying whatever your job happens to be to be honest.
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jbattle 2615 days ago
Aphasia. It's happened to me a few times and it is awful

https://migraineagain.com/migraine-babble-words-get-jumbled/

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chaoticmass 2615 days ago
Happened to my mom once and it lasted a couple of days. Very scary. She didn't even know she was speaking nonsense and would get upset that no one could understand her.
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